
Pentagon urges CEOs of largest defense companies to accelerate hypersonic weapons development as US lags behind China
CNN
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin encouraged CEOs from more than two dozen of America's largest defense companies to accelerate hypersonic weapons development during a high-level meeting Thursday.
Two CEOs who participated in the meeting said Austin spoke of the matter in urgent terms and described China as a threat in this field.
"We need to anticipate how it's going to evolve its capabilities. And we need to be out in front of that," Austin said in the meeting, according to a Pentagon spokesman.

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